Combined bottle stopper and measuring device



' H. HARVEY; COMBINED BOTTLE STOPPER AND MEASURING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12,1919. RENEWED MAY 20. 192| 1,402,604, A Patented Jan; 3,1922.

quantity desiredf e Anothelwobject is `to provide' mldevicdof Compact.

l f showing the positionofi the -valifejwhen' the contents of themeasuringf ehafnlherjsbeing Communication ofthe `Same vwththe bottle. t "A noth'e'n obj eot f of VtheYfulvent-on is to pro;

' COMBINE? we@ @me el@ 'Mmmemvic andillnstrntedin theflneoonxpany u Extending inwardly fronithe i1ltermedte` Ve material d d hid a Spider Of thelstem o tori md is'Provided-Within;operating"headiQ-f:

and the head 32.` ThisI spring isfof Athe exi d r cally forcel (pension typerend is .ntendedto @tornati- Y y ntheplunger.utwardefromthe' close the'endlt means of the spring36.

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Y ing agroovedr end 35 ladapted to receive and slidaloly supportfthe telescoping ends ofl VVthehvalve stems. A spring`36 is mounted l areI of the,'expansiongype and arepintended.

on thevalve stemQO between the valve 18 and the. spider -V While "al springV 37 is mounted on the valve stem 31 between the valves 19A and the spider :10. These springs tov force the Vvalves into engagement With the value1seats.v "The .spring 33 however j is l stronger thanfthe spring 37 Aandis,intended toy Vautomatically overfcome l the, tendency Vof Q, the llatter zspfringlto ,eloseth'eopenjf end 8.

When not in` use the rvalve 18.;-is forced into engagement withthe valveseat 23 to As'jthe :power l*ofthe spring 33 islgreater thanl the'springqthe action of the spring 33-causes the plunger .to moveoutvvar'ds and:

vmove oneportion of the gear .into engage- ,fmentiyvithjthe rack 27 of the valve stem 21 `so as to' Ymove vthe valvek inwardly against the tensionof. the spring 37 and open the" end8. `During this position,liquid may be admitted into the chamber;Y The plunger is then manually',operatedy to `compress the spring 3 3, andlforce the plunger` inwardly so as tQ-permitthe gear EZSto` oscillatein theopposite direction and engage the ,rack

26 ofthe valve stemf` 20v andwmove, the valve 18 away Afromlthe endzlt to open` the same against the tension fof' thecspring 36; Dur# ingfthis operation'the gear Q8Ai`s" disengaged lfr oinfk the rack 27fand' through the `power of theg spring 37 the valve` 19 is `movedoutthe4 end 8. :Ther valve 18 ,loeingl then,"` free "from engagement with the gear/28 is moved toits closed'fposition through the medium ofthe springg36.,yV v r o In ,addition `to the springj'( holding the valve 19 closed, 'the pin 25, Whenytheplunger 31 is manually operated engages the end Wall of theslot Mend `provides Vadditional Y security against accidental Vopening of the a valve 19 when the valve 18 is open and the contents of lthe chamber is being discharged. From the` foregoing itwill be readily* lseen that this invention c provides a novell` com` .bin'ed-,Stoppery and measuring; chamber Vinlcluding ai, novel valveme'chanism Whichf-is autom'atica'll-y.` operated-'to prevent discharge of Athe liquidffrom the chamber and-'manuh Vally operated tofpermit discharge; fofdthe y eliminated.

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liquid i the fchamber, so that i in f addition f to the novel ymeasuring feature, evaporation` or 'spilling ofthe contents ofthe bottle is VVhat'is claimed .l i l 1i.' device, of y the character'. described ycomprising a chamber open at its ends, ope

posed valves including valve stems mounted 1n said .chamber for closing said ends,y

springs on saidstems forholding` said valves closed, each =offr said valve stemsincluding racks, andja gear "carried: by the chamber for alternate' engagement with said racks to retractfsaidfvalvesg. r

12. /Aldevice or" the character described 1v c'zomprisingy achamber lopen at` its Vends,V a

plurality of vvalve ySterns mounted in said 1 chamber,l afvalve'on one" end of eafch stem,

a spring-engaged with eac-h valve or'ih'oldingthej valves'closed, said valve' stems telescoping each other adjacent their inner ends, Aracks carriedby eachgvalve stem adjacentthe telescoping ends, a gearv carriedby. the casing for interchangeable engagement With said racks, and a'sprng pressed plunger oonnectedto said gear, said plunger beingautomatically and manuallyoperable to VlalternatelyI'"engage the racks of the valve stems.

3. .A f deviceV ef the'V character ldescribed e comprising la chamber open at its ends, a

'pai'r'oi'irv valve stemsy 4mounted in said cham-r berf, ka valve on one end of each stem,spr1ng V:meanslfor-holding lsaid valves closed, onej of said Ivalve stems being hollow Aand having registc-:ringj` slots infits sides, said hollow val'vefstem beingarrangedto receive the adjacent end portion of the otherrva-lve stem -v forftelescoping movement, apin extending laterallylof the last mentioned vvalve stems,

said,pinlbeingjslidable,in the 'slots-of the hollowjvalveastem, VsaidwpnV causing said valves lto assist inAV alternately holdingfeach otherl Closed, racksgcarried by each valve stems, `a -gear pivoted inthe casing for enstem adjacent@thetelescoping endsof'saidf i j Sagement :with Vsaid-racks, and aV spring,`V

pressed plunger p-ivotedl Vat 'one end to the gear, theV other end olsaid` plunger extendinglthrough the chamber, said plunger being Vmanually operableV to retractV and "hold one of the said valves open and* automatically v operable Whenzreleased'to retractand hold the' `other valve openv throughVVV the mediumV Y ofthegear.l o.

VIn testimony; whereof, hereuntoafx my o HensoirenfnABVnv.` 

